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What is CAPS-ACSP?

CAPS-ACSP, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, exists as a committee of postdoctoral scholars and representatives who meet regularly (and virtually) to discuss issues arising across the country (History).

Postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) are newly qualified researchers with PhD and/or MD backgrounds. They are a critical piece in the framework of research that is done at research focused academic institutions in Canada and around the globe.

However, it is widely acknowledged that the current diffuse organization of postdoctoral training leaves this class of highly qualified personnel in an especially vulnerable position. Not graduate students, not faculty members, postdocs have so far slipped between the cracks of the recognized workforce of the scientific community and represent a heterogeneous group of poorly defined ‘apprentice’ scientists. As such, postdocs generally do not have well defined expectations of employment, appropriate employment rights and responsibilities, commensurate or even normalized pay scales, performance evaluations, employment benefits such as proper health care, pensions, occupational health insurance, or procedures for resolving conflict. To date, the treatment of postdocs within Canada is inconsistent at best, and largely ignored, at worst.

Postdoctoral position in Clinical Epidemiology at McMasterMcMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and
Biostatistics is seeking a two-year Post-Doctoral
Fellow to work in a well-established program of health services research on
improving end ...
Posted May 7, 2014, 2:16 PM by CAPS-ASCP Communications

Pollman Fellowship in Real Estate and Urban DevelopmentRstablished in 2002 through the generous gift of Harold A. Pollman, the Pollman Fellowship is given to outstanding post-doctoral graduates in real estate and urban development to spend one ...
Posted Apr 17, 2014, 11:02 AM by CAPS-ASCP Communications

Confidential nominations must be submitted to the Vice-Chair Operations (operations@caps-acsp.ca). Nominees will be contacted immediately to ask whether they accept their nomination. If the nominee accepts, they will then have to submit a campaign bio/plan.

We strongly encourage post-doctoral associations to encourage members of their councils, and local postdocs to consider joining the CAPS-ACSP Executive Council, as either self-nominees or by nominating each other.

2. CAPS-ACSP elections

Voting for the executive council will be held by the CAPS-ACSP Executive committee members via a Survey Monkey poll.

Remember only members of the CAPS-ACSP Executive committee will be able to vote. Therefore, please make sure you have a local CAPS-ACSP representative (http://www.caps-acsp.ca/committee). If you do not have representation, please contact us as soon as possible so that your voice can be heard.

More than 1800 postdoctoral scholars in Canada and abroad responded to the survey, indicating a high level of interest. Thank you again to the many individuals and organizations who helped to distribute the mailer, and to the postdocs who offered their perspectives and insights on their experiences as Canadian postdoctoral scholars.

Academica (the company contracted to administer the survey) closed the survey webpage on 30 April and began the process of 'cleaning' and compiling the data.

Cleaning survey data involves checking for duplicate and ineligible responses. We are avoiding providing a final tally of eligible respondents until data cleaning is complete. Academica expects to have completed its analyses by the end of June. The CAPS-ACSP-Mitacs survey working group expects to release awhite paper in early September summarizing the survey results.

We are really looking forward to distributing the 2013 Canadian Postdoc Survey results. We believe that they will prove to be an exceptionally useful tool in guiding the decisions of policy stakeholders.

Institute for Studies and Innovation in Community-University Engagement at the University of Victoria

Reporting to the Director of the Institute for Studies and
Innovation in Community-University Engagement, this one-year position will
support the director to coordinate the research and scholarship work of the
Institute. The incumbent will work with
faculty and community stakeholders to develop research grant applications and plan
and conduct research projects related to community-engagement. The incumbent will also be involved in
developing community-engaged scholarship capacity among scholars and students
and creating and supporting faculty and student involvement in research
activities of the Institute. The
incumbent will work with the Director to facilitate the development of the
research agenda for the Institute.

Applicants should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae and
names of three referees to Leslie Brown, Director, lbrown@uvic.caby June 17, 2013.

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